About Us
Landed’s blog shares stories from our team members, homebuyers, and partners. We're on a mission to help essential professionals build financial security near the communities they serve, and we are committed to sharing our learnings as we make progress on that mission.
Looking for educational materials? Our homebuying curriculum with infographics, guides, and checklists lives here along with our regional resources: Homebuying Education
Landed Updates
Earlier this year, Landed was awarded the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability in the category of Finance. To learn more about our team...
Reflections on Toni Morrison
27 Aug 2019
On August 5, 2019, the world lost an American novelist: Toni Morrison. The award-winning writer was 88 at the time of her passing. She won...
We asked the Landed team to contribute their most memorable reads from the past year, and folks shared everything from fantasy novels to...
The Power of a Team
4 Jul 2019
The first soccer team I ever played for was called the Rockettes. We met in Denver’s Washington Park, and during games, I mostly played...
Perspectives on Pride, Community, & Home
22 Jun 2019
Pride Month represents many things to many people. After watching the debut of a new video featuring two Landed homebuyers putting down...
Our team is excited to share that Landed has been awarded the inaugural Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability in the category of Finance....
We’re happy to share that Landed has completed our Series A financing with participation from Initialized Capital. In addition, we’ve...
Landed’s First Year in Colorado
3 Apr 2019
Almost exactly one year ago, in April of 2018, Landed announced our partnership with Denver Public Schools in Colorado. It was our first...
Landed Expands to Higher Education
7 Mar 2019
Today, we’re excited to share an important milestone in Landed’s journey to help essential professionals build financial security in the...
Landed in the News: A Roundup
20 Feb 2019
As the cold and wet roll on, let this awesome recap of Team Landed’s efforts from this past year warm you up, as told through the lens of...
There’s No Place Like Home
28 Jan 2019
For the last six months, I’ve lived in a house on the very edge of the Curtis Park neighborhood in Denver. Curtis Park is a historic...
Grateful for Home
10 Dec 2018
“Home is more than just a place that I sleep at night. It's the idea of having permanent roots somewhere and being a part of a community,...
This summer, I worked with Landed’s Growth team to help build new partnerships so we can begin to serve more educators in Southern...
Our Summer Reading Recommendations
16 Jul 2018
We asked Landed employees to recommend books for summer reading, and the team pulled from the worlds of social justice, business, suspense,...
Ten Things that Landed is Not
26 Apr 2018
As one of the most recent additions to Landed’s team, I have spent quite a bit of time talking with friends and family (and a very kind...
Last year, the Denver Post revealed that the Mile High City is one of the least affordable housing markets if you're an educator. Much of...
Notes from a Coro Fellow
15 Mar 2018
Housing is a large, complex issue, and it affects people disproportionately. While working at Landed for the past month as part of my Coro...
The Impact of Down Payment Assistance
16 Feb 2018
How does Landed measure impact? At Landed, we believe that helping keep great educators near the communities they serve is a pretty...
I recently wrote a post for The Case Foundation's Faces of Founders initiative, which labels itself “A Discussion of Entrepreneurship,...
"We're super lucky."
24 Nov 2017
It’s a common refrain in our office. Teammates of mine often remark how rare it is to find work that’s both challenging (meaning, there’s...
Customer Stories
Over the last few months, I’ve had the good fortune to celebrate a one-year Landedversary (our affectionate name for the anniversary of...
Perspectives on Pride, Community, & Home
22 Jun 2019
Pride Month represents many things to many people. After watching the debut of a new video featuring two Landed homebuyers putting down...
In 2018, Landed announced our partnership with Extra Yard for Teachers and the Bay Area Host Committee to bring the dream of...
The Almanac featured four teachers' stories about housing in the Bay Area. One of the educators interviewed was Landed homebuyer Teresa...
The following story is by Jenny Brundin for Colorado Public Radio. Listen to the audio version: “In Denver’s Crazy Hot Housing Market,...
Holly and Daniel Gonzalez with their sons, Arlo and Enzo. They were able to buy a three-bedroom garden apartment with assistance from...
In September, Landed announced our partnership with the Bay Area Host Committee and the College Football Playoff Foundation to create a ...
Meet LaTanya and Ron
6 Sep 2018
We are LaTanya and Ron, and we are the second homebuyers to purchase a home in the Denver area using Landed’s down payment program. I...
Meet Eric and Amy
13 Jun 2018
Purchasing a home in Southern California is a monumental feat. A feat that seemed impossible to accomplish for two teachers. We are Amy and...
Meet Jessica and Michael
12 Apr 2018
We are Michael and Jessica, Bay Area natives, who are now rooted in the Oakland community as new homeowners. We are both certified athletic...
Meet the Hauns
6 Mar 2018
We are the first independent school homebuyers to use Landed's down payment program. We are a family of five – our 17-year-old son Jackson...
Meet Erin and Rick
2 Mar 2018
We are Erin and Rick Cespedes, a family with deep ties to our community. Erin is a committed public servant who grew up in San Mateo and...
Meet Faith and Benny
11 Dec 2017
Stories are powerful. When people sell their home, some want to know a little bit more about their prospective buyers, beyond what standard...
Meet the Shayestehs
10 Nov 2017
We are the Shayestehs, a family originally from the San Francisco Bay Area committed to living in and serving the community we call home. ...
Meet Fidel and Carol
10 Oct 2017
We are the first household to benefit from Landed’s partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), which made funds available for...
Video: Sonya's Story
30 Jun 2017
Earlier this year, Sonya Mehta, a kindergarten teacher in Oakland, learned that her landlord was planning to sell the home she was...
Real Estate & Housing
Landed is proud to have nearly 100 fantastic real estate agents in our network across the Bay Area, Southern California, Denver-Boulder,...
“Gentrify your own hood before these people do it.Claim eminent domain and have your people move in.That's a small glimpse into what Nipsey...
5 Reasons to Be Hopeful About Housing
23 May 2019
I came to Landed fueled by a desire to work on a solution that contributes to making the cities we live in more closely reflect the...
“Friendly and always available.” That’s how one of our Landed homebuyers described their Landed partner agents, Sam and Bindu Xavier, who...
Why Aren’t Millennials Buying Homes?
26 Apr 2019
Over the past month, I have had the pleasure of working with Landed as a Coro Fellow. The fellowship has helped me realize how much I (an...
A friend of Landed, Ashby Monk, coined the term “Giants” to refer to the large investment funds that dominate the capital markets. These...
As an immigrant millennial, I have had a complicated relationship with the idea of homeownership. As an immigrant daughter, homeownership...
Q&A with Roomily
18 Dec 2018
Landed’s mission to help essential professionals, starting with educators, build financial security goes beyond providing down payment...
Landed recognizes that we are one tool in the toolkit addressing the housing crisis for educators and school employees. To provide insight...
This summer, I worked with Landed’s Growth team to help build new partnerships so we can begin to serve more educators in Southern...
Why California’s Booming Economy and Housing Shortage are Making it Hard for Employers to Hire
4 Jun 2018
California’s thriving economy is becoming a victim of its own success. Last month, the Golden State surpassed the U.K., becoming the 5th...
In the aftermath of the federal tax bill, we’ve seen a number of competing narratives emerge as to how this new tax regime will impact...
The Evolution of Shared Equity Homeownership: A Conversation with Housing Policy Expert Jeffrey Lubell
15 Nov 2017
Recently, I stumbled across a 2013 paper entitled Filling the Void Between Homeownership and Rental Housing: A Case for Expanding the Use...
Over the past year, we’ve heard a consistent drumbeat about how homeownership rates are at an all-time low in the United States. And it’s...
California’s current housing crisis is and has long been a problem of supply, spurred by a difficult public approvals process, high...
We often find ourselves saying, “Landed is not a panacea.” Our goal in this recitation is to disavow the notion that the housing...
Building anything in the Bay Area is hard. Expensive land, the months (or years) required to navigate a complex public approvals process,...
Is Landed a Community Land Trust?
8 Jun 2017
In many ways, Landed resembles a traditional community land trust. The challenge with existing community land trusts is that they are...
“We need many arrows in the quiver to solve teacher housing” - Superintendent Jeff Harding, Mountain View Los Altos HSD “Housing is the...
Is Landed’s Down Payment Program Fair?
26 May 2017
At Landed, in addition to homebuying education and guidance, one of the key products we provide educators is our down payment program....
Teachers & Schools
In an ongoing series highlighting the housing crisis and teacher shortages in Hawaiʻi, Honolulu Civil Beat featured Landed as an...
On Saturday, June 29, Landed hosted a free Summer Celebration for Bay Area Educators at Levi’s Stadium. In partnership with the Bay...
In 2018, Landed announced our partnership with Extra Yard for Teachers and the Bay Area Host Committee to bring the dream of...
This past winter, as we celebrated the 150+ educators who bought a home with Landed support this past year, we also acknowledged a cohort...
Supporting the Right to Strike
12 Mar 2019
Helping educators build financial security is a mission we are committed to here at Landed and that each member of our team contributes to...
For every three people on the Landed team, one of us has worked in schools. The financial services we create are meaningful in and of...
The following story is by Jenny Brundin for Colorado Public Radio. Listen to the audio version: “In Denver’s Crazy Hot Housing Market,...
Q&A with The Teaching Well
3 Feb 2019
Landed works closely with local organizations to address educators’ financial wellness needs and to gain a broader understanding of the...
Last fall, Landed launched a partnership with Extra Yard for Teachers to create a giveaway for three lucky educators to each receive...
Retaining Teachers of Color
25 Jan 2019
At Landed, we understand that if we want stronger schools, then we need to make sure that we are upholding the educators who are working...
Holly and Daniel Gonzalez with their sons, Arlo and Enzo. They were able to buy a three-bedroom garden apartment with assistance from...
In September, Landed announced our partnership with the Bay Area Host Committee and the College Football Playoff Foundation to create a ...
Landed Launches in Monterey
21 Nov 2018
Growing up in Santa Cruz, I fell in love with the Monterey Bay. Long beaches, sandy coves, whale watching, surfing, scuba diving, and so...
Landed Launches in the Pacific Northwest
18 Oct 2018
Bellevue School District is the first Seattle area school district to launch with Landed! We met with leaders this morning at Sammamish...
Going the Extra Yard for Educators
3 Oct 2018
If you had told the 12-year-old version of me that some day I’d be talking education, housing, and football on local TV, I would have had...
Meet LaTanya and Ron
6 Sep 2018
We are LaTanya and Ron, and we are the second homebuyers to purchase a home in the Denver area using Landed’s down payment program. I...
Why Parents & Teachers Matter
9 Aug 2018
Two fiercely strong women raised me. They might not look like you’d expect. My mom and grandma were both businesswomen until they each had...
Meet Eric and Amy
13 Jun 2018
Purchasing a home in Southern California is a monumental feat. A feat that seemed impossible to accomplish for two teachers. We are Amy and...
There’s a national movement of educators and their allies afoot: people are showing up for what is arguably one of the most important...
Last year, the Denver Post revealed that the Mile High City is one of the least affordable housing markets if you're an educator. Much of...
